CRPF recovers 3 kg explosives in West Bengal

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered 3 kg explosives, including tiffin-box bombs, here in a joint operation with the state police, a CRPF official said Tuesday.

The CRPF troopers of 50th Battalion along with police have recovered 3 kg explosives - including two detonators fixed in two tiffin boxes and an improvised explosive device from two separate forests in west Midnapore's West Bengal.

"The explosives were recovered during a search operation following a tip-off," said the official.